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[Auspice]

This helps explain why I couldn't get into Witcher 1 at all. It's just been gathering proverbial dust.

[Ortallus]

@auspice said in General Video Game Thread:

This helps explain why I couldn't get into Witcher 1 at all. It's just been gathering proverbial dust.

Same. Only on my 3rd install though. =P I think I make it about 30 seconds longer each time!

[Jaded]

@auspice
The Witcher 1has an odd combat control method that at the time they probably thought was innovative. And it is true, once you get out of the prologue of the game it picks up and gets a lot more interesting storywise but all the complaints I ever hear is the combat is not intuitive and is the biggest obstacle of enjoyment to the game.

[Jaded]

@cobaltasaurus said in General Video Game Thread:

I want My Time At Portia so bad. But not on Mac. Q.Q

I have finished my review play for the game and I want to just note to anyone who likes the Stardew Valley/Harvest Moon kind of games - this one is going to hit all the right notes for just that kind of game. I think it will be a popular streaming game on Twitch too.

Now it is an Early Access game but I feel that it falls into that category of rare gems. It is a very well polished and content filled game as it is right now and should only get better as the Devs put more time into it.

And its only $20 on steam right now. A perfect price point for EA. I suspect it might see a price jump once it comes out of EA.

It also has a free demo.

[Auspice]

I want My Time At Portia, but broke right now. Hopefully no price jump before I have monies to spare (because man, I love Stardew Valley).

[Insomnia]

@jaded said in General Video Game Thread:

And its only $20 on steam right now. A perfect price point for EA. I suspect it might see a price jump once it comes out of EA.

Still wish I had gotten We Happy Few cheaper when I could.

[Lithium]

So I learned in 7 days to die, at least in the random world I was playing in, that you can only go down to -57m before you hit the unbreakable bedrock... which... sucks for me cuz I found a place already -22m below sea level and was trying to dig down far enough the zed's couldn't sense my forge and such.

I still spend way to much time on Avorion though, I get to a certain point, over-extend and then end up starting over to try out new ship designs etc.

[Ortallus]

@lithium said in General Video Game Thread:

So I learned in 7 days to die, at least in the random world I was playing in, that you can only go down to -57m before you hit the unbreakable bedrock... which... sucks for me cuz I found a place already -22m below sea level and was trying to dig down far enough the zed's couldn't sense my forge and such.

I still spend way to much time on Avorion though, I get to a certain point, over-extend and then end up starting over to try out new ship designs etc.

-57m is, indeed, always Bedrock.

The good news is, you can't dig deep enough' that zombies won't sense your forges. It creates a heat map in the x,y axis, and completely ignores z.

It is still rather unfortunate though, because it limits the depth of your underground base. You'd have to expand horizontal to go big, which you might want to if you get into gardening and such. Also, generally speaking, you want a good 5 squares or so past the edge of your base smoothed out on the surface. This has to do with the way zombies interact with unlevel terrain.

[Miss Demeanor]

@jaded said in General Video Game Thread:

@auspice
The Witcher 1has an odd combat control method that at the time they probably thought was innovative. And it is true, once you get out of the prologue of the game it picks up and gets a lot more interesting storywise but all the complaints I ever hear is the combat is not intuitive and is the biggest obstacle of enjoyment to the game.

Quoted for truth. I have been consistently asked by gamer friends why I haven't played the Witcher series, and teased or sometimes derided for my response stating that the first two games turned me so off to the series that I refuse to pick up the 3rd despite its rave reviews. The first one had terrible controls, the second wasn't much better (IMO, YMMV), and I now have zero interest in throwing good money after bad after having invested in the first two that have the rare distinction of not even being installed in my Steam Library. I have Mahjong Roadshow installed on Steam even after having beaten it 5 times. That is my level of 'nope' with the Witcher franchise.

[Ganymede]

@faceless said in General Video Game Thread:

Yeah, I've been told I could skip Witcher 1. I've even been told by a couple people I should just skip Witcher 2. Go straight to Wild Hunt/3.

If you remember the Overlord expansion for Mass Effect 2, that's what they do in The Witcher 3. You can literally make up the story in the previous 2 to fit how you want to be.

And, yes, it has actually ramifications in the game, depending on how you write Geralt's backstory.

Which is why you should play The Witcher 3. Nothing but that.

Spend the money. Play. You will not regret it.

(There's an awful lot of brothels in that part of the world.)

[Ortallus]

@ganymede said in General Video Game Thread:

@faceless said in General Video Game Thread:

Yeah, I've been told I could skip Witcher 1. I've even been told by a couple people I should just skip Witcher 2. Go straight to Wild Hunt/3.

If you remember the Overlord expansion for Mass Effect 2, that's what they do in The Witcher 3. You can literally make up the story in the previous 2 to fit how you want to be.

And, yes, it has actually ramifications in the game, depending on how you write Geralt's backstory.

Which is why you should play The Witcher 3. Nothing but that.

Spend the money. Play. You will not regret it.

(There's an awful lot of brothels in that part of the world.)

The games made him out to be WAY more of a lech than he was in the books.

[Ganymede]

@ortallus said in General Video Game Thread:

The games made him out to be WAY more of a lech than he was in the books.

Maybe. It's more the players, though.

[Ortallus]

@ganymede said in General Video Game Thread:

@ortallus said in General Video Game Thread:

The games made him out to be WAY more of a lech than he was in the books.

Maybe. It's more the players, though.

Probably true. I mean, he definitely wasn't hung up about sex, but he WAS very devoted to Yennefer, in his way. Their relationship was just... complicated.

[Coin]

@ortallus said in General Video Game Thread:

@ganymede said in General Video Game Thread:

@ortallus said in General Video Game Thread:

The games made him out to be WAY more of a lech than he was in the books.

Maybe. It's more the players, though.

Probably true. I mean, he definitely wasn't hung up about sex, but he WAS very devoted to Yennefer, in his way. Their relationship was just... complicated.

Yennefer is de hottest name. >.>

I just came here to say that.

[Faceless]

@coin said in General Video Game Thread:

Yennefer is de hottest name. >.>

No.

[Ortallus]

@coin said in General Video Game Thread:

@ortallus said in General Video Game Thread:

@ganymede said in General Video Game Thread:

@ortallus said in General Video Game Thread:

The games made him out to be WAY more of a lech than he was in the books.

Maybe. It's more the players, though.

Probably true. I mean, he definitely wasn't hung up about sex, but he WAS very devoted to Yennefer, in his way. Their relationship was just... complicated.

Yennefer is de hottest name. >.>

I just came here to say that.

Right? If I have a daughter....

@faceless said in General Video Game Thread:

@coin said in General Video Game Thread:

Yennefer is de hottest name. >.>

No.

Yessssss

[Coin]

@ortallus said in General Video Game Thread:

@coin said in General Video Game Thread:

@ortallus said in General Video Game Thread:

@ganymede said in General Video Game Thread:

@ortallus said in General Video Game Thread:

The games made him out to be WAY more of a lech than he was in the books.

Maybe. It's more the players, though.

Probably true. I mean, he definitely wasn't hung up about sex, but he WAS very devoted to Yennefer, in his way. Their relationship was just... complicated.

Yennefer is de hottest name. >.>

I just came here to say that.

Right? If I have a daughter....

That's Trump-level creepy right there.

Dial it way the fuck back.

@faceless said in General Video Game Thread:

@coin said in General Video Game Thread:

Yennefer is de hottest name. >.>

No.

Yes.

[Faceless]

@coin said in General Video Game Thread:

@ortallus said in General Video Game Thread:

Right? If I have a daughter....

That's Trump-level creepy right there.

Dial it way the fuck back.

Yes. I'm glad someone else noticed this.

@faceless said in General Video Game Thread:

@coin said in General Video Game Thread:

Yennefer is de hottest name. >.>

No.

Yes.

No.

[Ortallus]

Okay, not QUITE how I meant it, but I see how it came across that way. Ew Ortallus. Just.. ew.

[Arkandel]

@ortallus said in General Video Game Thread:

Okay, not QUITE how I meant it, but I see how it came across that way. Ew Ortallus. Just.. ew.

Wait, what if @Ortallus is Trump's account?

This could explain a lot!